Wednesday 7 November 2007

It was Wednesday, under the sign of Scorpio. The US president was George W. Bush (Republican). In that special week of November people in US were listening to Kiss Kiss by Chris Brown.
In UK Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis was in the top 5 hits.
Champagne, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, was one of the most viewed movies released in 2007
while Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell was one of the best selling books.But much more happened that day: find out below..

Famous Birthdays:

Famous Deaths:

Facts:

Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.

About 80,000 students march in Caracas, Venezuela, to protest against a constitutional referendum that would give more power to President Hugo Chávez. Nine students are injured by riot controllers at the Central University of Venezuela. (NYT)

In Belgium, government formation discussions have gone on for a record 150 days as Flemish and Walloon politicians clash over Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde. (Economist)

Astronomers in the United States have found a fifth planet in orbit around the star 55 Cancri 41 light years from Earth. (BBC)

Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' lands at the Kennedy Space Center, ending STS-120, a 15-day mission to the International Space Station. (Spaceflightnow.com)

A fire in Gwalior, India, ruins over 400 small stores. Losses are estimated at 10 million rupees (USD 250,000).

Taliban militants capture the Pakistani town of Madyan in Waziristan's Swat region and hoist their flags over buildings.

Four Albanian militants are killed in a Macedonian police operation.(Wikinews)

The U.S. dollar stumbles to new lows after Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, calls for China to shift more of its $1.43 trillion of currency reserves into ampquotstronger currenciesampquot, such as the euro. (MarketWatch)

Brad Wall is elected as Premier of Saskatchewan as his Saskatchewan Party defeats the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party by a 37-21 margin in the 26th Saskatchewan general election. (CBC)

Books

Kay Scarpetta is starting over with a unique private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina. And the death of a sixteen-year-old tennis star will usher in a string of murders more baffling—and terrifying—than any that have come before.

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